Bookmark

Find and parse Firefox/Chrome bookmark HTML and jsonlz4 file into useable JSON object or export as JSON file.

Install

npm i bookmark-parser --save

yarn add bookmark-parser

Usage

Interfaces

const BMParser = require('bookmark-parser');

// Read from (NETSCAPE/Firefox) bookmark HTML file
BMParser.readFromHTMLFile(htmlFilePath)
  .then(res => { ... });

// Read from (NETSCAPE/Firefox) bookmark HTML file and export
BMParser.readFromHTMLFile(htmlFilePath, exportFilePath)
  .then(res => { ... });


// Read from (NETSCAPE/Firefox) bookmark HTML readStream
BMParser.readFromHTMLReadStream(readStream)
  .then(res => { ... });

// Read from (NETSCAPE/Firefox) bookmark HTML readStream and export
BMParser.readFromHTMLReadStream(readStream, exportFilePath)
  .then(res => { ... });

// Read from (Firefox backup) bookmark jsonlz4 file
BMParser.readFromJSONLZ4File(jsonlz4FilePath)
  .then(res => { ... });

// Read from (Firefox backup) bookmark jsonlz4 file and export
BMParser.readFromJSONLZ4File(jsonlz4FilePath, exportFilePath)
  .then(res => { ... });

// Find Firefox bookmark backup file in your system
BMParser.findFromLocalhost().then(res => { ... });

// Find Firefox bookmark backup file in your system and export
BMParser.findFromLocalhost(exportFilePath).then(res => { ... });

Result of parsing HTML bookmark

{
  "Bookmarks": {
    "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627",
    "prevNode": "[Circular ~]",
    "children": [
      {
        "addDate": "1496371119",
        "lastModified": "1496459142",
        "name": "Update Scanner's Pages",
        "type": "folder",
        "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-1",
        "prevNode": "[Circular ~.Bookmarks]",
        "children": [
          {
            "addDate": "1496374759",
            "lastModified": "1496459142",
            "name": "Update Scanner Website",
            "type": "bookmark",
            "url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/update-scanner/",
            "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-1-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "addDate": "1496371160",
        "lastModified": "1496466717",
        "name": "Bookmarks Toolbar",
        "type": "folder",
        "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2",
        "description": "添加到此文件夹的书签会被显示到书签工具栏中",
        "prevNode": "[Circular ~.Bookmarks]",
        "children": [
          {
            "addDate": "1496371179",
            "lastModified": "1496466729",
            "name": "Charlie's blog",
            "type": "bookmark",
            "url": "http://www.charlieli.cn/",
            "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-1",
            "iconUri": "",
            "icon": "",
            "description": "META_DESCRIPTION"
          },
          {
            "addDate": "1489373938",
            "lastModified": "1496456537",
            "name": "Front",
            "type": "folder",
            "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-2",
            "prevNode": "[Circular ~.Bookmarks.children.1]",
            "children": [
              {
                "addDate": "1489545113",
                "lastModified": "1489557898",
                "name": "Nucleo",
                "type": "bookmark",
                "url": "https://nucleoapp.com/",
                "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-2-1",
                "iconUri": "https://nucleo1-ambercreativelab.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/themes/nucleo-webapp-12/img/favicon.ico",
                "icon": "data:image/png;base64,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",
                "description": "A library of 1000+ vector icons and a web app to manage and customize them."
              },
              {
                "addDate": "1489545098",
                "lastModified": "1489557897",
                "name": "you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Javascript: Css is powerful, you can do a lot of things without js.",
                "type": "bookmark",
                "url": "https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Javascript",
                "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-2-2",
                "iconUri": "https://assets-cdn.github.com/favicon.ico",
                "icon": "data:image/png;base64,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",
                "description": "You-Dont-Need-Javascript - Css is powerful, you can do a lot of things without js."
              },
              {
                "addDate": "1489490961",
                "lastModified": "1489557904",
                "name": "Markdown.css - make HTML look like plain-text",
                "type": "bookmark",
                "url": "http://mrcoles.com/demo/markdown-css/",
                "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-2-3"
              },
              {
                "addDate": "1489488225",
                "lastModified": "1489557893",
                "name": "gaearon/redux",
                "type": "bookmark",
                "url": "https://github.com/gaearon/redux",
                "id": "c2c584eb4059443592d05c97a02d1627-2-2-4",
                "iconUri": "https://assets-cdn.github.com/favicon.ico",
                "icon": "data:image/png;base64,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",
                "description": "redux - Atomic Flux with hot reloading"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Change log

TODO

• [x] Parse Firefox jsonlz4 bookmark backup file
• [x] Parse Firefox/Chrome html bookmark file
• [x] Find and Parse Firefox jsonlz4 file on MacOS
• [x] Export bookmark into json file
• [ ] Option for deduplication
• [ ] Find and Parse Firefox jsonlz4 file on Windows/Linux
• [ ] Find and Parse Chrome bookmark backup file on Windows/Linux/MacOS

License

Copyright 2017 [email protected]

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